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Viewed from Westminster, the Northern Ireland Assembly and its executive is a young and fragile devolution project – the potential for instability hard-baked into a constitution that requires bitter political foes to work together or not at all. That perspective, though, hardly reflects the whole story. This year the country marks a century of devolution. And following the Good Friday Agreement, a generation has now grown up since the UK government’s secretary of state for Northern Ireland went from the holder of a political hotseat that carried serious personal risks, to a low-ranking cabinet role. The lawmakers of the assembly and executive have worked their way through the demands of the pandemic – and done so while juggling a Brexit agreement that presents a serious challenge to peace and stability on the island of Ireland.
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A decision of the Supreme Court, the final court of appeal for
civil cases in the United Kingdom, has clarified how the governing
law of an arbitration agreement is to be determined when the law
applicable to the contract containing it differs from the law of
the seat of the arbitration.
Background
The case arose out a fire at a power plant in Russia. Chubb had
insured the owner of the power plant against such damage.
The owner had engaged a contractor to carry out construction
Storm Rannard
Northern Ireland-headquartered Eakin Healthcare Group has expanded into a new market with the acquisition of Coleraine-based Armstrong Medical.
Armstrong specialises in respiratory care products. The deal represents a diversification for Eakin Healthcare Group, which to date has specialised in ostomy and wound care products.
The combined resources of the two manufacturing businesses will help the group to grow its domestic and international presence.
Jeremy Eakin, managing director of Eakin Healthcare Group, said: This is a hugely important strategic acquisition of a well-established and successful Northern Ireland family business which has already made its mark on the global stage.